Course: Movement Games in Kindergarten

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Course title Movement Games in Kindergarten
Course code USP/UK4PH
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial + Consultation
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Božik Roman, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Meaning and clarification of the concept of free physical activity. - Developing the positive aspects of children's personality and the influence of movement on controlling the child's behavior. - Education for patience, thoughtfulness and respect for friends, forging a sense of honest sports struggle, forging the ability to put up with defeat. - Growing habits leading to regular hardening. - Environmental hygiene. - Care for the correct posture of children. - The importance of gradually increasing the physiological effect and appropriate inclusion of breathing and relaxation exercises. - Harmonizing the movement of children with music. - Consolidation of right-left orientation and overall orientation in space and plane. - Musculoskeletal errors. - Health principles in organizing individual activities with children. - Motivation of children to move. - Safe playing. - Game stack.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Demonstration, Training in motion and work skills, Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization), Practice exercises, Experience (self-experience)
  • Preparation for course credit - 20 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 5 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 35 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
not specified
not specified
learning outcomes
define health, free movement activities, right-left orientation and overall orientation in space and on a plane
define health, free movement activities, right-left orientation and overall orientation in space and on a plane
analyze the curriculum of the movement games subject
analyze the curriculum of the movement games subject
name individual errors of the locomotor apparatus
name individual errors of the locomotor apparatus
describe what safe playings is and name what environmental hygiene is
describe what safe playings is and name what environmental hygiene is
describe innovative strategies and principles of healthy movement for life and health care
describe innovative strategies and principles of healthy movement for life and health care
Skills
to select and apply suitable physical activities for health
to select and apply suitable physical activities for health
to cooperate in the creation of a seminar work in a group
to cooperate in the creation of a seminar work in a group
present a work in an interactive way to a study group
present a work in an interactive way to a study group
search for information about healthy movement from professional sources
search for information about healthy movement from professional sources
analyze professional articles dealing with the issue of health promotion
analyze professional articles dealing with the issue of health promotion
teaching methods
Knowledge
Demonstration
Demonstration
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Training in motion and work skills
Training in motion and work skills
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
Experience (self-experience)
Experience (self-experience)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
assessment methods
Analysis of the student's performance
Analysis of the student's portfolio
Analysis of the student's portfolio
Analysis of the student's performance
Recommended literature
  • Borová, B. Míče, míčky a hry s nimi.. Praha: Portál, 2001.
  • Galloway, J. Děti v kondici.. Praha: Grada, 2007.
  • Mazal, F. Pohybové hry a hraní. 1. vyd.. Olomouc: Hanex., 2000.
  • Miňová, M. Pohybový program pre deti materských škôl.. Prešov: Rokus., 2003.
  • Neuman, J. Nejlepší hry do kapsy.. Praha: Portál, 2014.
  • Pacholík, V., Nedělová, M., & Šmatelková, N. Rozvíjení sociálních dovedností dětí prostřednictvím pohybových her. Zlín: UTB ve Zlíně., 2016.


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